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3. sentimentality, oversentimentality, mawkishness, maudlinness, cloyingness, mushiness, soppiness, Inf. slushiness; bleeding heart, namby-pamby, mush, slush, Inf. goo, Inf. schmaltz, Sl. hearts and flowers,

bathroom, n. toilet, Chiefly Dial, jakes, Sl. john, Sl. can; Chiefly Brit, water closet or w.c., Chiefly Brit. convenience, Brit. Sl. loo; privy, outhouse, backhouse, stool, closet, Chiefly New Eng. necessary, Brit. Sl. bog; lavatory, latrine, rest room, wash room, comfort station, men's room, boys' or little boys' room, women's or ladies' room, girls' or little girls' room, powder room, lounge.

baton, n. staff, rod, staff of office, rod of authority, wand, truncheon, club, stick, bar; mace, scepter, crosier, crook, verge, fasces, Class. Myth, caduceus.

battalion, n. Often Military, army, troops, forces, garrison, phalanx, Obs. battalia; corps, legion, division, regiment, brigade, squadron, company, platoon, squad, section; detachment, contingent, column, formation, U.S. wing, square; body, group, force, unit, band, party; host, horde, multitude, mass, crowd, mob, herd, throng.

batten¹, v. 1. grow fat, fatten, plump up or out, fill out, flesh out, round out.
2. glut, gormandize, Archaic, gluttonize, feast, banquet; cloy, gorge, cram, stuff, Sl. fill to the gills; overeat, overfeed, overstuff, overfill, overdo, overdose, Sl. o.d.; devour, eat greedily, raven, Sl. pig out, Sl. stuff one's face; bolt, force down, gobble, gulp, guzzle, drink like a fish, swill, Inf swig; fill, surfeit, satiate, sate, satisfy, saturate, eat one's fill.
3. thrive, prosper, flourish; profit, gain, enrich oneself, feather one's nest, line one's pockets, increase one's riches, make one's pile, get all the gravy.

batten², v. fasten down, tie down, clamp down, screw down, nail down, cover up, board up; secure, tighten, make fast, fix; fasten, hook, latch, lock, padlock.

batter¹, v. 1. beat, beat up, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, thrash, trounce, pelt, Sl. paste, Sl. clobber, Archaic, belabor; maul, manhandle, rough up, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give one the works; smite, hit, strike, slap, smack, cuff, buffet, punch, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. wallop, Sl. sock, Sl. belt; abuse, ill-use, mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat, mishandle, Sl. kick around.
2. bruise, wound, damage, mar, impair, injure, hurt, pain; smash, shatter, splinter, shiver, crush, crumble, fragment, disintegrate, break to pieces, pulverize.

batter², n. mixture, paste, Inf. goo, Inf. goop, semi liquid; base, starter.

batter³, n. batsman, cricketer, ballplayer, player; hitter, slugger, striker, man at the plate,

battery, n. 1. series, suite, set, sequence, cycle;
string, chain, ring; progression, succession, order.
2. battering, beating, pounding, pummeling, pommeling, going over, Sl. pasting; hitting, striking, bastinado, Scot. dunt, Scot. and North Eng. paik; whipping, thrashing, spanking, flogging.
3. assault, attack, offensive, onslaught, onset, rush, charge, blitz, Fr. coup de main, storming, Obs. brunt; raid, foray, sortie, sally; invasion, aggression, incursion, escalade; siege, besiegement, besetment, investment; bombardment, strafing, air raid, peppering, salvo, fusillade, Both Mil. barrage, enfilade, Navy. broadside.

battle, n. 1. clash, struggle, strife, contention, tussle, scuffle; contest, war, bout, Armageddon; skirmish, action, brush; combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; collision, conflict, meeting, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, Scot. sturt, Inf. scrap, Inf. run-in; duel, joust, tilt; confrontation, showdown; uprising, resistance, dissension, distraction; brawl, feud, affray, broil; slaughter, bloodshed, carnage, massacre, butchery; fracas, uproar, melee; campaign, crusade; tournament, tourney, competition.